An intensive course with dances from the 17th-century Spanish sources (Jaque and Esquivel), ‘Spanish’ dances from the Caroso and Negri repertoire and by the French Baroque choreographers from the early 18th century.

see also http://www.foliadance.nl/uk/diary/diary.html

Spettacolo di mattina per le scuole il 4 marzo 2010 presso il Teatro Roma (recentemente aperto in via Umbertide, 3 - Roma - fermata Metro A Colli Albani) alle ore 10.30
Biglietto: € 9,50

Questa farsa in musica, liberamente ispirata a Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme di Molière (1670), ripropone
alcuni brani nati dalla collaborazione fra il celebre drammaturgo e un'altra figura centrale della vita
teatrale del tempo, il musicista di origine italiana Jean-Baptiste Lully, e li arricchisce con musiche create

In 1673, Molière and Charpentier collaborated to produce “Le Malade Imaginaire”, with interludes where shepherds, moors, comedians and crazy doctors sang and danced and clowned their way through a succession of fantastical scenes.

We will be looking at the First Interlude: Polichinelle comes to serenade his beloved – with disastrous results! We‘ll be concentrating on mask work, commedia, and ensemble dance work.

Actors and Singers are welcome as well as Dancers!

Mercurius Company's Living Arts Project-
Opening Concert of our 3 month long project of concerts and educational projects in London.
This event will take place at the Wallace's '18th-Century Day' which this year celebrates Louis XV's 300th 'birthday'. We'll also mark the 350th anniversary of Campra's birth.
In the programme works by Campra and Rebel.

Costumed company:
Ricardo Barros & Barbara Segal ~ baroque dance
Alex Kidgell ~ soprano
Lisete da Silva ~ baroque flute
Joe Harrop ~ baroque violin
Nick Stringfellow ~ baroque cello
Claire Williams ~ harpsichord

“Barocktanz II”

Tanzen wie am Hofe des Sonnenkönigs
Ludwig XIV. am 2. Mai 2010 in Basel

Dieser Kurs soll einen Einstieg in den Barocktanz ermöglichen.
Es werden Schritte und Choreographien der heute viel gespielten und damals gebräuchlichsten barocken Tänze vermittelt. Dies reicht vom Gesellschaftstanz, den sog. Contredances bis zu den Balltänzen, etwa Courante und Menuett, wie sie z.B. am Hofe des Sonnenkönigs Ludwig XIV. getanzt wurden.

Freude an Musik und Tanz steht im Vordergrund; Vorkenntnisse sind nicht erforderlich.
(Altersgrenze: ab 14 Jahren)